Another user reported to me that the splash-silent has no affect on the
newer kernels. This is true for both 9.0 and 9.1. Since I always use
verbose, I didn't notice the change, but the user reports that the
problem appeared after an online update to the 2.4.21-238 kernel.
In my GRUB menu, I have splash=silent, but it still boots as verbose.
BTW: In looking at the kernel sources, the silent option is tested.
/usr/src/linux/drivers/video/fbcon-splash.c
int __init splash_init(char *options)
{
if(!strncmp("silent",options,6)) {
printk(KERN_INFO "bootsplash: silent mode.\n");
splash_usesilent = 1;
/* skip "silent," */
if (strlen(options)==6)
return 0;
options+=7;
}
if(!strncmp("verbose",options,7)) {
printk(KERN_INFO "bootsplash: verbose mode.\n");
splash_usesilent = 0;
return 0;
}
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Jerry Feldman